Hinge support



April 19,4 1932- G, w. ALDEEN 1,854,440

HINGE SUPPORT Filed July 5, '1929 fax?" Patented Apr. 19, 1932 ET STT rreE Parent GEDOR W. ALDEEN, F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO4 AMERICAN CABINET HARD- WARE COREORATION, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS HINGE SUPPORT Application led July 5,

The invention relates generally to a hinge support for furniture or the like and more particularly to a means for hingmg fallboards or drop-covers of cabinets, desks,

radio cabinets or similar articles, which are hinged about an axis lying substantially along the front edge of the top surface of the floor of the cabinet.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hinge supportfor such a fall-board comprising members which are adapted to be mounted in aligned mortises cut in the floor of the cabinet and in the fall-board at right angles to the fallboard axis so that when the fall-board is open the parts of the hinge support present an even surface flush with the upper surfaces of Hoor and the fall-board, the parts of the hinge support being made of sheet metal and hence permitting an inexpensive and simple construction.

More specifically, I aim to provide a hinge support for the fall-board of a cabinet comprising two duplicate members adapted to be mounted in mortises cut in the floor of the cabinet and the fallboard respectively in aligned positions at right angles to the fallboard axis, to duplicate levers pivoted together, the inner end of each lever having 80 means arranged to abut against the other lever when the fall-board is open to limit the pivoting of the levers, said levers being mounted with their inner ends pivotally connected one to each member and with their 85 outer ends sliding in the other members and arranged to abut against the outer ends of the members, the pivots and the abutments limiting the opening of the fall-board.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description and from the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a cabinet with the fall-board open and embodying an exemplary form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the cabinet, partly in section, with the fall-board open.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation,

partly in section, with the fall-board closed.

1929. Serial No. 376,121.

While the invention is susceptible of l various modications and alternative constructions, I have shown in the drawings and will herein describe in detail the preferred embodiment, but it is to be understood that I do not thereby intend to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but intend to cover all modifications and alternative constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as'expressed in the appended claims.

As shown in the drawings, the cabinet comprises a side wall 10, a floor 11 and a fallboard 12. The hinge support herein de-y scribed is adapted to hinge the fall-board 12 about an axis lying substantially along the front edge of the top surface of the floor 11. lVhile it is contemplated that two such hinge supports will be used, one adjacent each end of the fall-board, only one is shown.

l The hinge support illustrated herein comprises two duplicate members 13 adapted to be mounted in mortises cut in the floor 11 and the fall-board 12 respectively in alined positions at right angles to the fall-board axis, and a pair of levers for hinging the fall-board to rthe floor. Each member 13 comprises a channel-shaped portion 15 formed by downwardly extending sides and having an apertured end wall 16 and flanges 14 on each side and the outer end of the channel-shaped portion 15, the flange on the outer end forming the upper edge of the aperture.

The flanges 14 are so mounted in the mortisev as to lie flush with the upper surface of the fall-board 12 or floor .11.

Tohinge the fall-board to the floor, two duplicate levers 17 are provided and are pivoted together at 21. Each lever has a flat strip of metal of substantial thickness riveted at 26 to one side adjacent the outer end thereof. The inner end of each lever has a lip 24 arranged to abut against a corresponding portion 25 on the strip of metal on the other lever, when the fall-board 12 is open, to limit the pivoting of the levers. The outer end of each lever has a portion of descreased Width forming a lip 22. The levers are housed in the channel-shaped portions 15 and are adapted to lie on edge flush with the top of the members 17 when the fall-board is open. The inner ends of b oth levers are piv otally connected at 2O one to each member 13 with the portions of descreased width proL jecing through the aperturedwend-wall 16. The lips .Q2-on saidportions are arranged to abut against the iianfres 14 formed on the outer ends of the memlbers tollimit the opening of the fall-board and to permit the levers to lie iush with the flanges lll.`

It is evident that I have provided a novel hingesupport adapted to be mounted in the floor and fall-board of a cabinet in such a position that the parts present an even surface Hush with the upper surfaces of the iioor and the" fall-board when the' latter is open, the parts being such that they may be made of'sheetmeta-l and hence permitting an inexpensive and simple construction.

I claim as my invention:

1-. A hinge support for a fall-board of a cabinet comprising, in combination, two dupl-i'cat'e members attachable to the fall-board andfloor of the cabinet respectively, and two duplicate levers each of which is pivotally attached to one of the members and enters slidably into the other member, each lever being pivoted to the other lever and having' one portion adapted to abut against the other lever and another portion adapted to abut against the member in which it slides whereby to limit the motion of the levers rela-tive toeach other and to the members.

2. hinge support for a fall-board of a cabinet comprising, in combination, two duplicate members attachable to the fall-board and floor of the cabinet respectively, and two duplicate levers each of which is pivotally attached to one of the members and slides in the other member, each lever being pivoted toV the other lever and having a portion adapted'toabut against a part of the member in which it slides whereby to limit its motion relative to said member.

3. hinge support for the fall-board of a cabinet comprising, in combination, two duplicate members attachable to the fall-board andfiioor of the cabinet respectively, and two duplicate levers each of which is pivotally attached to one of the members and slides in the other member, each lever being pivoted to the other lever and having a portion adapted to abutragain'st the other lever whereby to limit the motion relative to each other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto af fixed my signature. p

GEDOR WV. ALDEEN. 

